NTLG minutes, June 2010

Meeting details

Venue:	McKay Board Room Level 10 Amungula Building 26 Narellan Street Canberra
Date:	23 June 2010
Start:	9.30am	Finish:	2.30pm
Chair:	Michael D'Ascenzo
Contact and Secretariat:	Brianne Casey	Contact phone:	(07) 3149 5711

Attendees

Gerry Bean	Partner - DLA Phillips Fox, Law Council of Australia (LCA)
Christopher Branson	QC, NSW Bar, Law Council of Australia (LCA)
David Butler	Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Steve Cane	General Manager, National Tax and Accountants Association (NTAA)
Lance Cunningham	National Director of Taxation - PKF Australia Ltd, National Institute of Accountants (NIA)
Michael D'Ascenzo	Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Frank Drenth	Executive Director, Corporate Tax Association (CTA)
Bob Duncan	President, Association of Taxation and Management Accountants (ATMA)
Kevin Fitzpatrick	Chief Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Jennie Granger	Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Tony Greco	Senior Tax Advisor, National Institute of Accountants (NIA)
Michael Hay	Partner, Pitcher Partners, CPA Australia (CPAA)
Robert Jeremenko	Senior Tax Counsel, Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA)
Alexis Kokkinos	Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Karen Liew	Tax consultant, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Mark Morris	Senior Tax Counsel, CPA Australia (CPAA)
Peter Murray	Vice President, Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA)
Andrew O'Bryan	Partner, Hall & Wilcox, CPA Australia (CPAA)
James O'Halloran	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Bruce Quigley	Second Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Jonathan Rollings	Principal Adviser, Treasury
Paul Southwell	Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Tony Stolarek	Partner, Ernst & Young, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Roger Timms	National Technical Manager, Taxpayers Australia Incorporated (TA)
David Williams	President, Taxation Institute of Australia (TIA)

Apologies

Yasser El-Ansary	Tax Counsel, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia (ICAA)
Michelle de Niese	Assistant Director, Corporate Tax Association (CTA)

Guests

Robert Olding (item 5)	Acting Deputy Chief Tax Counsel, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Michael Cranston (item 15)	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Erin Holland (item 16)	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
John Ryan (item 17)	First Assistant Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Tim Dyce (item 5 and 18)	Deputy Commissioner, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)
Tony Poulakis (item 18)	Senior Director, Australian Taxation Office (ATO)

Professional bodies represented at the NTLG

Association of Taxation and Management Accountants	ATMA
Corporate Tax Association	CTA
CPA Australia	CPAA
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia	ICAA
Law Council of Australia	LCA
National Institute of Accountants	NIA
National Tax and Accountants Association	NTAA
Taxation Institute of Australia	TIA
Taxpayers Australia Incorporated	TA